Louise Ozell Martin
Dr. King's Casket at Morehouse College

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Artist Louise Ozell Martin (American, 1911–1995)American, 1911–1995

CultureAmerican

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Dr. King's Casket at Morehouse College

Date1968

PlaceAtlanta, Georgia, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 × 13 1/4 in. (25.7 × 33.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Sarah Trotty, Joan Morgenstern, and Clinton T. Willour

Object number91.105

Not on view

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Photography

Special Collections

Photographs by African American Artists

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionA
graduate of Houston’s Yates High School, Louise Ozell Martin opened her own
studio in Houston’s Third Ward in 1946 and became known as the city’s “society
photographer,” contributing to Forward
Times and Informer, two African
American newspapers. Martin was assigned to cover the funeral of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., in Atlanta, the only African American woman among the corps
of press photographers. Here, she captured the honor guard around King’s casket
during the public memorial service at Morehouse College, his alma mater. Second
from the right is Jesse Jackson, holding the flag of the United Nations.
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, for "Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement," Jan. 3 - Feb. 20, 1994 (LN:94.19)

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22, 2004 - May 9, 2004.

"Houston Collects: African American Art," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 31-October 26, 2008.

"Statements: African American Art from the Museum's Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, January 24–September 25, 2016.

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